• Outdoor National Ranking: #9
  • Outdoor Regional Ranking: #1
  • 1 Indoor National Champion
  • 4 Outdoor National Champions
  • 25 Indoor Individual All-Americans
  • 38 Outdoor Individual All-Americans
  • 3 Indoor UAA Team Championships
  • 8 Outdoor UAA Team Championships

2022 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Season Recap

2022 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Season Recap

The 2022 outdoor women's track & field team turned in strong performances throughout the season resulting in one student-athlete qualifying for two events at the NCAA DIII Championships, 15 All-Region performers and eight All-UAA selections.

Junior Annika Urban built upon her All-American cross country season to become the lone All-American for the 2022 Emory track & field program. By virtue of her top 20 national finish in both the 5,000m run (14th) and 1,500m run (17th) during the regular season Urban qualified for the NCAA DIII Championships. Urban had a phenomenal championship meet as she qualified for the 1,500m run final eventually coming in sixth place overall with a personal best time of 4:30.99 earning her first All-American honor in track. Later the same afternoon she competed in the 5,000m run final where she came in tenth place, crossing the finish line with a time of 16:56.71.

A strong season saw the Eagles with 15 different student-athletes combine to earn 21 All-Region accolades as awarded by the USTFCCCA, the most for Emory since the USTFCCCA started giving out All-Region awards in 2016. Urban earned two All-Region selections for her performances in the 1,500m run and 5,000m run. Freshman Dashiel Tao Harris led all Eagles with three selections which she earned in the 400m dash and both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Other All-UAA performers on the track included sophomore Ella Lavelle, senior Jessica Barbarosh and freshman Kaya Binetti in the 4x100 relay, Binetti, sophomore Libby Ranocha and senior Hannah Lansberry in the 4x400 relay, Ranocha in the 400m dash, sophomore Lily Taylor and senior Lauren Cunild in the 800m run, senior Bella Racette in the 5,000m run, Racette and freshman Savannah Haushalter in the 3,000m steeplechase and junior Claire Evans in the 400m hurdles.

All-Region performers on the field included junior Hope Jackson in the discus throw, freshman Sarah Fineman in shot put and senior Alex Devaux in the hammer throw.

The Eagles turned in a third place performance at the 2022 UAA Championships matching their most recent result from the 2019 season. At the championships, 12 Eagles combined to earn eight total All-UAA honors. Urban again earned two All-UAA honors, one for her performance in the 5,000m run and another as a member of the 4x800 relay team along with Ranocha, Taylor and Cunild. Evans picked up an All-UAA honor for her showing in the 400m hurdles while the 4x400 relay team of Harris, Ranocha, Binetti and Lansberry picked up the last All-UAA honor on the track for the Eagles.

On the field, Jackson earned a first place finish and an All-UAA honor after posting a distance of 42.06m in the discus throw. Fineman also registered the farthest distance at the championships in earning an All-UAA honor in the shot put. Elsewhere on the field, Devaux earned All-UAA honors in the hammer throw while freshman Dana Catalano earned her first ever All-UAA accolade in the javelin throw.

The Eagles were awarded two UAA Athlete of the Week awards over the course of the outdoor season. Racette picked up the first for the Eagles for her showing in the 1,500m run at Emory's first meet of the spring season. Urban picked up the other honor for the Eagles with her performance in the 1,500m run at the Montreat College Last One Best One meet that qualified her for the NCAA Championships.

The last of the awards that The Eagles secured this year were for the 21 student-athletes on the women's track & field team that landed on the Spring UAA All-Academic Team, the second most of any of Emory's spring sports. Highlighting this list were Urban and Lansberry who were both also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team for Cross Country/Track & Field. 

The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2021-22 season:

NCAA Division III Outdoor All-America

Annika Urban

1500m Run

 

NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships Participant

Annika Urban

1500m Run (6th), 5000m Run (10th)

 

USTFCCCA South/Southeast All-Region (Top 5 in Respective Event)

Jessica Barbarosh

4x100m Relay

Kaya Binetti

4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay

Lauren Cunild

800m Run

Alex Devaux

Hammer

Claire Evans

400m Hurdles

Sarah Fineman

Shot Put

Dashiel Tao Harris

400m Dash, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay

Savannah Haushalter

3000m Steeplechase

Hope Jackson

Discus

Hannah Lansberry

4x400m Relay

Ella Lavelle

4x100m Relay

Bella Racette

5000m Run, 3000m Steeplechase

Libby Ranocha

400m Dash, 4x400m Relay

Lily Taylor

800m Run

Annika Urban

1500m Run, 5000m Run

 

UAA Champion

Sarah Fineman

Shot Put

Hope Jackson

Discus

 

All-UAA (Top-3 Finisher at UAA Championships)

Kaya Binetti

4x400m Relay (2nd)

Dana Catalano

Javelin (2nd)

Lauren Cunild

4x800m Relay (3rd)

Alex Devaux

Hammer (3rd)

Claire Evans

400m Hurdles (3rd)

Sarah Fineman

Shot Put (1st)

Dashiel Tao Harris

4x400m Relay (2nd)

Hope Jackson

Discus (1st)

Hannah Lansberry

4x400m Relay (2nd)

Libby Ranocha

4x400m Relay (2nd), 4x800m Relay (3rd)

Lily Taylor

4x800m Relay (3rd)

Annika Urban

5000m Run (3rd), 4x800m Relay (3rd)

 

CoSIDA Academic All-District Team

Hannah Lansberry

Annika Urban

 

UAA Athlete of the Week

Hope Jackson

May 2

Bella Racette

March 21

Annika Urban

May 9

                 

 

The following were the top marks by Emory athletes during the 2022 season:

100m Dash

Kaya Binetti

12.36

UAA Championships

200m Dash

Jessica Barbarosh

25.32

UAA Championships

400m Dash

Dashiel Tao Harris

57.79

UAA Championships

800m Run

Lily Taylor

2:17.18

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

1500m Run

Annika Urban

4:30.99

NCAA Championships

3000m Run

Annika Urban

10:03.80

Thrills in the Hills Open

5000m Run

Annika Urban

16:50.93*

Lee Last Chance

100m Hurdles

McKaley Yost

15.39

Emory Spring Break Classic

400m Hurdles

Claire Evans

1:04.16

Tennessee Challenge

3000m Steeplechase

Bella Racette

11:03.40

Augustana Midwest Twilight Qualifier

High Jump

McKaley Yost

1.46m

Berry Field Day Invitational

Pole Vault

Alexandra Feuer

3.37m

UAA Championships

Long Jump

McKaley Yost

4.98m

UAA Championships

Triple Jump

Audrey Johnson

10.86m

UAB Spring Invitational

Shot Put

Sarah Fineman

12.93m

Lee Last Chance

Discus

Hope Jackson

42.13m

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

Hammer

Alex Devaux

49.87m

UAB Spring Invitational

Javelin

Dana Catalano

36.45m

Berry Field Day Invitational

4x100m Relay

Ella Lavelle, Jessica Barbarosh, Dashiel Tao Harris, Kaya Binetti

47.90

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

4x400m Relay

Dashiel Tao Harris, Libby Ranocha, Kaya Binetti, Hannah Lansberry

3:55.97

Lee Last Chance

4x800m Relay

Libby Ranocha, Lily Taylor, Lauren Cunild, Annika Urban

9:19.31

UAA Championships

* - Denotes Emory Record